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A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

A conelike mass, containing medicine, for putting into some cavity or passage of the body, where it dissolves.

Highly soluble medicated cone for vaginal or rectal insertion.

In med. a body introduced into the rectum, there to remain and dissolve gradually in order to procure stools when clysters cannot be administered: a plug to hold back haemorrhoidal protrusions.

A solid medicine, in the form of a cone or cylinder, intended to be introduced into the rectum; - either for the purpose of favouring intestinal evacuations, or to act as an anodyne. Purgative suppositories are made of soap, aloes, or any other irritating substance.

A solid, easily fusible, medicated mass to be introduced into the vagina or rectum.

pl., suppositoria. A s. is a mixture of medicinal substances with a solid vehicle, such as oil of theobroma, which melts at the temperature of the human body. Used for introduction into the vagina, urethra, etc. [Lat.]